Forget a pricey hotel in the Arctic - a man has captured one of the best videos of the Aurora Borealis of all time... for the price of a budget plane ticket.

Anders Hanssen, 38, from Senja, Norway, was on a Norwegian Air flight from Oslo to Tromso when he spotted the natural phenomenon - which lasted the whole one hour flight.

The part-time photographer had always dreamt of filming the Northern Lights from an aeroplane and as he knew the pilots on his flight, he was allowed to sit in the cockpit while the colours formed in front of their eyes.

A man has captured one of the best videos of the Aurora Borealis of all time during a flight over Norway

Anders Hanssen, 38, from Senja, Norway, was on a flight from Oslo to Tromso when he spotted the natural phenomenon and as he knew the pilots on his flight, he was allowed to sit in the cockpit

Anders, who owns Visit Senja, a local tourist company, said: 'I was so lucky to capture the aurora while on a plane.